Hi, I've been away from home the last few days. Here's the latest update:

- Reworked inventory screen to give more room for item icons- Fixed a bug where handaxes didn't use the right weapon icon- Fixed a bug in spell selection when creating a new character- Added an option to turn off the combat music (if you just want to listen to the area music instead).- Changed some graphic elements in the world map- Some changes to the spell selection screen- Fixed a problem with the spell Ray of Enfeeblement- Fixed a AI problem with the spell Silence and reworked the AI for Entangle and Insect Plague.- Updated the AI so that the most powerful spells, such as Stoneskin and Fireball, are not automatically discarded by spellcasters who have access to spells of a higher level. Normally the higher level spells are more effective but there are a few exceptions.

Separately, I've received an email from the developer of Cyclopean. He mentioned a turn-based, party-based RPG he worked on in the past: Hidden Evil. Haven't had time to play it seriously but it looks interesting.

'Say there is a chunk of meat. Pirates will have a banquet and eat it! But heroes will share it with other people. I want all the meat!!' - Luffy in One Piece

-Added the code for braziers (the fire giants will be happy!), they are treated similarly to wall of fire areas.-Added bonus for summoning a fire elemental from a brazier/wall of fire.-Reworked AI for whirlwind attack, bull rush (so that it knows how to position itself for a bull rush), and summon elemental spells.-Fixed a problem with concentration checks required when casting while standing on a wall of fire-Changed the feat combat reflexes to allow AOOs while flat footed.

One of the artists is working on the title picture - it will be something inspired by the introduction picture of Bard's Tale 2 - while the other artist is creating a new text font for the game. When these things are ready I'll post some new screenshots on the website.

'Say there is a chunk of meat. Pirates will have a banquet and eat it! But heroes will share it with other people. I want all the meat!!' - Luffy in One Piece

-Added the code for braziers (the fire giants will be happy!), they are treated similarly to wall of fire areas.-Added bonus for summoning a fire elemental from a brazier/wall of fire.-Reworked AI for whirlwind attack, bull rush (so that it knows how to position itself for a bull rush), and summon elemental spells.-Fixed a problem with concentration checks required when casting while standing on a wall of fire-Changed the feat combat reflexes to allow AOOs while flat footed.

One of the artists is working on the title picture - it will be something inspired by the introduction picture of Bard's Tale 2 - while the other artist is creating a new text font for the game. When these things are ready I'll post some new screenshots on the website.

New update:-Edited most maps to add braziers in appropriate locations-Reworked AI so that it takes into account the number of Attacks of Opportunity a movement is going to trigger - that way you won't see the computer rushing to your wizard, happily triggering two or three AOOs from your fighters and clerics.-Reworked AI to remove slowdowns that appeared after I added the AOO fix-Fixed a bug where AI would sometimes disregard dangerous squares like braziers-Reworked AI for cone effects (spells and breath weapon) so that it runs quicker - it used to rotate cones in run-time, now they're precalculated.-Fixed AI problems when the Wall of Stone spell is used to cut off your party from enemies, the AI will dispel if it's able to-Reworked AI for circle effects so that it runs quicker-Fixed a rare bug where a character would continue walking even though he's supposed to be paralyzed

Meanwhile, I'd like to recommend a subtitled film I watched some days ago: A Battle of Wits. If you liked Troy, then you will very much like this one too.

'Say there is a chunk of meat. Pirates will have a banquet and eat it! But heroes will share it with other people. I want all the meat!!' - Luffy in One Piece